Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love. — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
I have studied this Book, and I would never even dream of saying I've come to the bottom of the Word of… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
“Any book thoughtfully read sharpens the mind and improves on and individual's professional potential.” — James F. Amos Copy Share Image
Wherever we are, we can improve our chances of getting ahead by keeping a book in hand — Michael Hyatt Copy Share Image
May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true. — Abraham Cowley Copy Share Image
In the book the relationship with Katharine and Almasy is sort of only in the patient's mind. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The sages are often ignorant of physical science, because they read the wrong book-the book within; and the scientists are too often… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My personal telephone book is a book of the dead now. I'm so old. Almost all of my friends have died, and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Only what touches us closely preoccupies us. We prepare in solitude to face it. (The Little Book of Unsuspected Subversion) — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
If only they would all just leave me alone with my books and my letters, I would be content to let life,… — Alison Weir Copy Share Image
When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
I started these Rush Revere and these children's books, I mean, there was a mission. It was to teach the truth of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
How come regional pandering only works in one direction, right? You never see a Southern politician trying to win votes in New… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
In the old fairy tales, often a 'moral' was tacked on at the end of the story - say, if a book… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
He looks at me, and I don't know what he sees. I used to think it was Rose. But she's not here… — Lauren DeStefano Copy Share Image
A contemporary or near-future book is much harder because you can't fake the facts. There are people alive who know much more… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
Most of my life, I feel I have been Unicycling at the Edge of the Abyss! If fact, this will be the… — Jon Polito Copy Share Image
The world has progressed to the point where it's most powerful force is public opinion. And I believe that in this world… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
The other book that I worry no one reads anymore is James Joyce's Ulysses. It's not easy, but every page is wonderful… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I've never really been a big sci-fi guy or a big comic book guy. — Sendhil Ramamurthy Copy Share Image
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut's work — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
If I don't tell it all now, the story in the history books will always be imperfect and that would be wrong. — Christine Keeler Copy Share Image
Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves. — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
It would have been a hard year if I'd spent it berating myself for not working on the book. — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
“One day, I'll sit down with all my books around me, and just start reading.” — Ann-Marie MacDonald Copy Share Image
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
Can you write a book and have children at the same time? Yes, if you're content to do it very very slowly. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. — John Berger Copy Share Image
“A book is a blessing that comes into our lives to teach, entertain, and inspire.” — Jesenia Sanabia Copy Share Image
“Writing a book and not publishing it, is like building a boat and never sailing it - UNTHINKABLE!” — Tony Jones Copy Share Image
